Comment by 2OfDiamonds

* 2 sockets: one yellow & one blue, with a 12 ap socketbonus* Likely (unconfirmed, dont quote me on this) more health on the summoned boar.

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* No negative aspects

Comment by Seref

Remember you could put the JC-Only Dragon's Eye gems into those blue/yellow sockets...thus making more use of the socket, and getting the socket bonus^.^

ps. The socket colors combined=the color of the trinket(emerald/green)

Comment by blackcrusader

too bad the summon small pet is hidious, i would prefer if it summoned a green/black felboar

Comment by WeezyPhoneHome

any word on whether or not this will be allowed to be upgraded to epic quality?

Comment by masacru

is the boar better than the lvl 70 panther trinket ? I see it has a 5 min CD which is horrible

Comment by Gmurder

Well I've just crafted this and I have to say for the mats its worth it. I stuck two +27 expertise rating gems into the sockets which comes out to 54 expertise rating with 96 AP.

However, the boar that is summoned is TERRIBLE. It has 1k health which is very fragile and does around 65 damage a hit. In an ideal situation the most damage you would see from this is 1.5k.

This being on a 5 min CD is abysmal, but the sockets more than make up for it.

Comment by masacru

well you can put those JC only gems into other sockets, I don't see any point in putting into this one. So I'll stick with my shadowsong panther then.

Comment by GammaBreaker

The main perk for this as a DPS trinket really seems to be the sockets and the flexibility they provide in using your gems of choice. The boar trinkets have always been rather weak in the activated ability side of things. I'm sorely disappointed in the lack of a new Panther trinket.

Comment by Drrakn

Be careful with the on-use for this trinket. The boar is rather aggressive and will chain-pull other mobs if you are standing close enough. This is particularly delightful if you are a stealthed rogue.

I've removed the boar from my trinket macro, although I've kept it equipped for the rather nice stats and extra gem slots. As another commenter noted, the stats on the guardian are pretty lame anyway.

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Comment by akiuk

Why can't they just get away from the damn fighting boar as it's use? It is seriously useless. all of the other JC only trinks have uses that are actually....well useful to the class using them. I mean yeah, if the boar did any damage at all and couldn't be 1 shotted then okay. but really, blizz couldn't think of anything better than this gay boar? you would think they would have learned from the first pathetic gay boar trink. on top of everything the boar is set on aggressive, so good luck trying to walk past something you don't want to attack when it's summoned.

Comment by Vhess

Anyone notice this has a 21 hidden crit rating?

I am also a ret paladin and noticed the exact same thing. Swapped this out for Darkmoon Greatness and lost .46 % crit. I took out both gems and put in intellect ones and had the same result. I then put in some gems that didn't give the +12 AP bonus, and still had the same result.

I don't know of any ret ability that would cause this, but the hidden crit bonus does not seem to be tied to the figuring having the gem bonus, anyway. The greatness card is still superior, but this will require me to fiddle with my equipment some.

Comment by calynei

I do like the fact that we can socket this trinket and the stats are OK, but the boar summon is useless.. Come on, hitting for 65? Bloodworms does more damage and at least that heals me! Any sign of redemption for this trinket?

Comment by Kamane

The boar is absolutely pathetic. Maybe it would be useful for a level 19 twink or something, but for anyone high enough level to actually have this trinket, it's worthless.

However, as people have stated. The gem slots are what make these new trinkets worth getting!

I believe this trinket is just as good or better than many heroic drops and you can start using at lvl 75. You could substitute 2x http://www.wowhead.com/?item=42156 and this makes it one of the best pre-naxx trinkets for hit rating. If you do not use your dragon's eyes in the trinket it is kind of lack luster compared to some heroic drops.

Comment by INSANEcyborg

Don't forget that one of the sockets is yellow. By using an orange gem, you'll lose a little bit of str/agi/ap, but gain hit/crit/haste, and more importantly, free up a dragons eye for another piece of gear.

Like others have said, the extra stats and prismatic effect of the dragon eyes is a Jewel Crafting bonus, not a bonus from the gear your using it in. Every one you use here is one less to use elsewhere.

Comment by Necrocrypt

How does the Emerald Boar trinket stack up against the mirror of truth trinket.If i am not mistaken "Mirror of truth" has a proc once a min.

My Emerald boar trinket is set up with two of the 27 strength JC gems giving me an additional 200 straight AP.

I'm a DK that stacks strength to up my pet ghoul dmg as well as my own. so using the str gems is a plus.

Comment by Evomaster

both the mirror of truth and the blue quality trinkets from H UP, H DTK and H Nexus are superior to this thing, even with its customizability, don't expect to keep it for long.

Comment by Eminence

the boar itself charges random nearby mobs, that ARENT in combat with you..

i had this setup to auto cast it when i used scourge strike on my Dk, when i was soloing a bit of molten core, i wiped 2 times coz of this.

i killed a fire lord and asap after it was dead it charged a nearby core hound, ect.

stupid thing. dont use its /use ability. you'll regret it eventually

Comment by oddjobhat

Has anyone ever beast lore the summon? There's probably no way to tame it but there's always the off chance that it was missed.

Comment by zendarx2

I would guess not. Once I get this I'll have my hunter friend check anyway just in case.

Comment by Tarjei

Let's face it. This trinket isn't really all that great at level 80, but it's by far the best at level 75 when you get it.

If you've been diligent in getting your JC skills up to date on a char you're leveling, you'll definitely want this one right away when you get the chance.

The use function on it is useless, but the AP enhances your damage so much it really is worth using until you get your greedy dps hands on something that's a more attractive colour.

Comment by Mantrhax

its a fun trinket.. worthless but fun, shame on blizzard making it BOP

Comment by Th1rte3n

Sadly, this is easily the worst of the level 75 JC trinkets. It barely holds up against similar green trinkets because of its terrible use effect and awful socket colorization, while items like the Twilight Owl and Monarch Crab beat out many level 80 epic trinkets. It may be an upgrade for someone who doesn't have any end-game BC gear as soon as you hit level 75, but I certainly don't think it's worth the cost of the materials: 2 titanium bars (titanium prices are skyrocketing due to the fact that the ore can be prospected for epic gems in patch 3.2), 2 forest emeralds (meh), and a scarlet ruby (some cuts of which sell for close to 100g). I would recommend saving yourself the 14.25g training cost and skipping over this one.

Comment by Yoggbait

This is personal favorite and is a joy to have. The sockets are great to have but the equip bonuses are small for my taste since there is so many trinkets out there that have better stats. The board in spite of its pathetic heath is great in PvP in duals or against the other faction when people don't expect something to pop out of no ware. Second the boar is like a heat seeking missile against those who like to move very quickly. Note to those who have yet to use this it can kill other players of your faction if their health was low at the time of use. Can be used to pull mobs/boss is used right :) like an attack dog. Perhaps Blizzard should make a trinket that summons a dog instead of a boar with 75 strength, 25 haste, 15 armor pen, one Blue gem socket, and two red gem sockets. That would turn heads for sure.